Don't run away from something. It will find you. Run towards something better. Pull works better than push.
Me.
Ask HN: What is a quote that permanently changed the way you think?
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#82“America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.“
-- e. e. cummings
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#83"There are three types of lies - lies, damn lies, and statistics." - Felix Dennis, How to Get Rich
"If you accept conventional wisdom from conventional people living conventional lives, how can you expect to be anything but conventional?" - MJ DeMarco
"I had a peculiar feeling that it was a good thing for everything to be over. Like suddenly being free of everything. No wanting. No having to. Infinite darkness. No yesterday. No today. No tomorrow. Nothing." - Hannah, Dark S03 epilogue
"[Man] sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived." - Dalai Llama
“What are the 'riskiest' choices? Those that don’t allow you to become the person you want to be, to live your life full measure. Survey results confirm that people’s biggest fear is neither death (ranks third) nor public speaking (second) but failing to live a meaningful life. That’s our greatest fear, our biggest risk. And it all begins with not living your life.” - Mark Albion
Re: Ask HN: What is a quote that permanently changed the way you think?
#84"Success is only rented, and the rent is due every day." -Hansi Flick, as Coach of FC Bayern Munich
I had attributed this to J.J. Watt but most likely was passed down to him.
Love this quote too. Heard a similar sentiment that staying on top is actually harder than getting there. “It’s hard to do the 4am run in silk pajamas”
Re: Ask HN: What is a quote that permanently changed the way you think?
#85"once you get the message, hang up the phone." terence mckenna that alone made me quit all that drug stuff. i still respect that other people need it for their own causes, but i have strong opinions on safety especially on addictive ones. i still find myself lucky i didn't got into addictive downward spiral with the things i got my hands on.
The phone quote is originally from Alan Watts, I believe. :) Congratulations on hanging up the phone. <3 You did good.
oh shit yeah lol you're right, thank you
Re: Ask HN: What is a quote that permanently changed the way you think?
#86„What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it,
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated—
Begin it, and the work will be completed!” - Goethe, Faust.
Stuck in my head for over 20 years now.
Re: Ask HN: What is a quote that permanently changed the way you think?
#87Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality. Kant
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#88Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality. Kant
I only grok some parts but ‘Critique of pure reasoning’ is god level writing. I thought over it for weeks. Really loved it.
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#89“Everything complex that works is iterations of simpler things that worked”.
“Don’t judge your success by one final outcome, but the number of iterations it took to get there. Optimize for iteration”.
Re: Ask HN: What is a quote that permanently changed the way you think?
#90“Dream about running races, not about crossing the finish line.” – Benjamin P. Hardy